Sunday, January 5, 2014

Turkish journalist thanks Syrian Islamic Front for saving him | General | World Bulletin

Turkish journalist thanks Syrian Islamic Front for saving him | General | World Bulletin


(Clip from article) Bunyamin Aygun of the daily Milliyet, who returned to Turkey on Sunday after having been held captive since late November by an al-Qaeda linked group in Syria.
"An armed opposition group linked with the newly established Islamic Front freed Turkish photojournalist
In his first remarks to the press after arriving in Turkey, Aygun said that he was kidnapped by the Islamic State of Syria and Al-Sham (or ISIS), an al-Qaeda affiliate trying to control war-torn Syria.
"Ahrar al-Sham group [a member of the umbrella group Islamic Front] has saved me today," said Aygun.
"After the Turkish Foreign Ministry stepped in, the group has put important pressure on the ones in the house they [ISIS] was holding me. They also captured the ones who held me captive," he said." (Read More at Link)

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